Paul Gauguin
Mette Gad
Vincent Van Gogh
Sister Allandre
Durand-Huel
Degas
Maurice Schuffenecker
Madame Jeanette
Captain Chablat
Inspector Aumont
Doctor Feydeau
Rachel
Emil
Older Aline
Younger Aline
Mallarmé
De Monfreid
Totefa
Titi
Mr. Gobbi
Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentment in Tahiti.